[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Yāska's Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › 7.1 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.1 Nirukta 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.1) \[/atha daivatam kāndam/om/atha ato daivatam/\[715\]\] tad yāni nāmāni prādhānya stutīnām devatānām tad daivatam ity ācakṣate/\[715\] sā eṣā devatā upaparīkṣā/\[715\] yat kāma ṛṣir yasyām devatāyām ārthapatyam icchan stutim prayuṅkte tad daivataḥ sa mantro bhavati/\[715\]. \[sā punar iyam stutiś caturvidhā nāmnā bandhubhiḥ karmaṇā rūpena iti..stutir nāma rūpa karma bandhubhiḥ ity uktam..ḍurga,.p.717,..Cf..Bḍ.1,7\] tās trividhā ṛcaḥ parokṣa kṛtāḥ pratyakṣa kṛtā ādhyātmikyaś ca/\[715\] tatrā parokṣa kṛtāḥ sarvābhir nāma vibhaktibhir yujyante prathama puruṣaiś ca ākhyātasya/\[715\] - [Previous: 6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.36) - [Next: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.2) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.144.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c24.s2.1) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v2.c18.s10.125) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.1) · Pramāṇa